ALPHABET DISHCLOTH: Z

ALPHABET Series: Z DISHCLOTH

After months of work, today marks the end of another project: my Alphabet Series. Now even Diego de la Vega can have his monogrammed blanket (you know who he is, don’t you?).

Below you can find the pattern for Z letter and the option to buy a PDF file containing all the patterns of this series. If you can do it, I’ll appreciate your help to finance my next projects. But if you can’t, please don’t worry! Just make sure to tell people where did you get the patterns if they ask. That’s a great help for me too 🙂

I hope you enjoyed this project, and I’ll see you on the next one!

Hugs to you,

Ceci

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MATERIALS

• 1 straight needle US 7 (4.5 mm) for Casting on and Binding Off sts.
• 1 pair of straight needles US 6 (4 mm).
• Approx. 70 yds (64 m) of DK yarn (8 ply). OR 140 yds (128 m) of light fingering yarn (approx 3 ply) USED DOUBLE.
• Tapestry needle to weave in yarn ends and scissors.

GAUGE / TENSION

21 sts x 28 rows in stocking st with US 6 (4 mm needles) and DK yarn =  4” x 4” (10 cm x 10 cm)

NOTE: the gauge / tension is not particularly important to make dishcloths. The final measure of my square, with my tension, is 8.5” x 8.5” (22 cm x 22 cm).

ABBREVIATIONS

• CO: cast on
• RS: right side
• WS: wrong side
• st: stitch
• k: knit
• p: purl

INSTRUCTIONS

– CO 43 sts with US 7 (4.5 mm) needles.

– With US 6 (4 mm) needles, knit 4 rows.

– Continue working for 55 rows as follows:

4 garter sts, Z Pattern over 35 sts, 4 garter sts.

– Knit 4 rows.

– Bind off with US 7 (4.5 mm) needle. Cut yarn and weave in ends.

Z letter knitting pattern: WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS

Row 1) and every following odd row (RS) k all sts

Row 2) p all sts

Row 4) p all sts

Row 6) p2, k31, p2

Row 8) p2, k31, p2

Row 10) p2, k31, p2

Row 12) p2, k31, p2

Row 14) p2, k7, p19, k5, p2

Row 16) p3, k7, p25

Row 18) p5, k7, p23

Row 20) p7, k7, p21

Row 22) p9, k7, p19

Row 24) p11, k7, p17

Row 26) p12, k7, p16

Row 28) p14, k7, p14

Row 30) p16, k7, p12

Row 32) p18, k7, p10

Row 34) p20, k7, p8

Row 36) p21, k7, p7

Row 38) p23, k7, p5

Row 40) p25, k7, p3

Row 42) p2, k5, p19, k7, p2

Row 44) p2, k31, p2

Row 46) p2, k31, p2

Row 48) p2, k31, p2

Row 50) p2, k31, p2

Row 52) p all sts

Row 54) p all sts

Row 55) k all sts

Z letter knitting pattern: CHART

• Read all odd rows from right to left, and all even rows from left to right.

STITCH GLOSSARY

Garter Stitch  

k all sts, all rows.